Prayer Request - 2 YEAR OLD CANCER PATIENT HAVING SURGERY IN THE MORNING

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[meanoldfatbastrd]

Prayer request for Sydney Dungan who is having surgery at 8:00 am tomorrow to remove the tumor. Excerpt from Dads Diary today - This page was last updated on 10/21/03 07:08 PM.

SURGERY TIME!!

10:56 AM

Well, I guess my rest and relaxation is over. Sydney's surgery has been scheduled for tomorrow. We have a pre-surgery appointment this afternoon. It appears it is already time to worry but until she takes her nap I am going to enjoy every second of her.

6:50 PM 10/21/2003

After another very busy day we are finally home. Sydney's surgery is scheduled for 8:30 AM which we are very thankful for. We will be arriving at Cook's at 6:30AM in preparation for her surgery. Having the surgery that early in the morning we won't have to keep food and fluids away from her for too long of a period of time. She loves her milk cup in the morning but that is a battle that we have become used to. The surgery is expected to be fairly simple for that of a neuroblastoma patient. It is not touching any organs or arteries so the theory is that it will be fairly quick. The surgeon suspects that he will only be working on her for a couple of hours. He will remove her tumor, her left adrenal gland, several lymph nodes and of course any other evidence of tumor he finds. Based on the CT scan he is very comfortable with the procedure and hopes that once he gets in there will be few surprises. Unfortunately, you just never know with neuroblastoma. Please wish us luck and keep our little princess in your prayers. They seem to be working.

Until the next time......

todays news article - there is a link at www.wfaa.com

excerpt - http://www.wfaa.com/localnews/news8/stories/wfaa031021_am_neuroblastoma.270a84d3.html

Father of 2-year-old cancer patient raising awareness 10:05 PM CDT on Tuesday, October 21, 2003

By JANET ST. JAMES / WFAA-TV

When deadly cancer strikes close to home, families often want to help but don't know how.

A North Texas father is trying to make a difference with a plan that could be called "$10 million in 10 days."

At age two, there are many days where Sydney Dungan just doesn't feel good. It's largely the result of aggressive chemotherapy.

"At first we thought she just had a cold," said father Mark Dungan. "She was spiking some high fevers ... we took her in to our pediatrician and they watched her very closely, and then one day - sitting up here on the couch - (they) decided that she wasn't going to walk anymore."

Please pray for a successful surgery tomorrow.

May the blessings of heaven rest upon you!

[SC DOC]

Prayers for Sydney. Hope she has a rapid recovery from surgery and that the stem cell transplant and subsequent treatment goes well. Out of curiosity, was the tumor G2 positive?

[SC DOC]

G2= GD-2 Positive

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Prayers for Sydney.

Thanks for the ping, Tonkin.

[appalachian_dweller]

Dear Heavenly Father,

If it be your will, please grant Sydney Dungan a full recovery from sickness. We ask that you guide the doctors hands and give them the skill and wisdom they will need. Lord please also grant Sydney's family the strength to get though this trying time. We ask these things in Jesus Name. Amen.

Sydney is beautiful. I'll continue to keep her in my prayers.
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[RiflemanSharpe]

Done, btt

[Coop]

Definitely sending out more prayers for that sweet angel and her loving parents. Lord, please bless this small child and the skilled surgeons.

[trussell]

Prayer ping.

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[FR_addict]

Prayers are with you.

[SAMWolf]

Prayers offered for Sydney Dungan

[mafree]

Prayer bump- may Sydney be healed ASAP

[The Right Stuff]

MOFB - my niece had neuroblastoma when she was two - she underwent a new procedure at Children's Hospital in Boston - operation, two stem-cell transplants, vitamin A treatment, radiation etc. She is now 6 1/2 and doing very well. Ping me if you'd like my brother's email address, he tries to help out people who've got this horrible disease.

[freeangel]

Pryers sent for Sydney and her family.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Prayers for this child wil continue thorughout the night.

[Allegra]

Sydney is added to my daily prayers for comfort and complete healing.

[gas_dr]

Prayers offered from this freeper as well...

[Coop]

Thank you for the encouraging news. Another prayer for Sydney!

[Sam Cree]

Prayers for Sydney

[Coop]

Requesting prayers for Sydney.

[meanoldfatbastrd]

if your brother wants to help tell him to go to Sydney's web site and read about lunch for life. it is a grassroots fundraising effort to support neuroblastoma research. it was started by Sydney's dad who enlisted the assistance of friends and parents of children with neuroblastoma. their story was featured on wfaa news 8 last night and the fort worth star telegram this morning.

http://www.wfaa.com

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/7074098.htm

all money raised goes to the Childrens Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation.

http://www.cncf-childcancer.org/

[meanoldfatbastrd]

Sydney is in recovery now and at last report was doing ok. The surgery took longer than expected because there was more to the tumor than what tests revealed. Sydney still requires more treatments in her fight to beat this terrible cancer. Please continue to pray for Sydney and her family.
For further updated see Sydney's website and her dad's diary.
http://www.sydneydungan.com